Improvement in cradles



@sind @ffm To all'whomkit may concern:

l Be it known `thatI, RICHARD W. MY-EBs-of Glen o GardnerStation,1(ClarksvilleBost Office,') inLthe countylof yHunterdon and StateI of New Jersey, have in- `venteda new and `improved"Portable 0radle;l and -I dolheleby declare/that the following is a full, clear,

and exact descriptiouj th`e`r `e`of,` reference being'had to l, p the accompanying dranvingforniing a part of this specicatiorn eningsby whiclrthe sectinsare secured together. a Similar letters of` reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures. l H i Eroman `w, MYERS, oE 'GLEN GARDNER s'rA'rloN, (GLARKSVILLE oEEIoE) NEW JERSEY.

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j d ill l s The Schedule referred tohx theseLette'rs Patent` and parl: of the same.

a liildrens` cradles as` comirnonlyinade are wei-y cumhrons and diiiicult to transpoltwithout breaking.

.The object of this invention is `tofobvfiate :athis dif'- It consists inthe jeonstruction of, a cradleof' anurn- `ber of separable sections, which will lie close together Whenpacked, and f are securedfltogether by tongued l plates, secured `to` one section and litting into a loopplates `on`,the adjacent section. l

In :the accompanying drawing-` l a Egnre 1 isa side elevation of a cradle constructed l according to myinvention;"` l

" i `Figure 2 `isla transverselseotlonof the same; and

l 4lligure 3 is ahorizontalsectionrof one of' the fastl i The cradle represented is'divid'ed into sections,

namely,` thehead A, the foot B, and two sides, C C, Y

which are` tted with slatsfa,` a.` i l N Ontthc-upper portions of the opposed sidesof the Vpostsp p of the head A and Ifoot B aremetal leopl plates, E E, which `are arranged horizontally acrossl l `thepos,ts,to` recei-vetlieftongues of angle-pieces or 1hooks, G G, that are attached to the upper.rails Lowerdown onthe 'said posts, opposite the lower rails ele ofthe" sides C Gaare loop-plates D D, which are similar to those, E`E, just`described,lcut` are ar` :rangednpright `t`o receive the tongues of ar gie-pieces the manner set, forth.

- IM'PRovEMi-:NT IN CRADLEs.

`I from withdrawing from thevloop-plates l) D on the posts 1) p.. A

To put the several sections together thel tongues on the plates G G are first dropped into the loop-plates E E, andy the tongues ou the angle-pieces I Ilare next `pushed into' the loop-plates D D, thereby locking the upper angle-pieces G and platesE. The slats are now fitted in their places, and the outer ones, a', lock the angle-pieces l I and loop-plates D D, and the sections are thereby very rmly secured together beyond all danger of accidental displacement, and ,the

cradle is made as firm as though no made `for taking vit to pieces.

provision were To separate the sections tor` packing, the slats are rstreinoved and the angle-pieces I detached from 4 the loop-plates D; the sides are then lifted till the oure by Letters'latent, ist l. A eradlecomp'osed of several sections, AB CC, provided with loop-plates and hooks, arranged substantially as described 2. In combination with the within-described arrangement of sections, loop-plates, and hooks. the side'slats a a', applied to lock the whole together in l EICHAEDW. MYERS.

` `Vifitnes'ses: E' l PETER HAE'rsEL i 'GEORGE Romains. 

